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Goldring Bristletooth

Ctenochaetus strigosus

Classification

Ctenochaetus strigosus, the kole tang, spotted bristletooth, spotted surgeonfish, goldring bristletooth, goldring surgeonfish, yelloweye tang or yellow-eyed surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to family Acanthuridae which includes the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. This fish is endemic to Hawaii. Taxonomy Ctenochaetus strigosus was first formally described in 1828 as Acanthurus strigosus by the English zoologist Edward Turner Bennett with its type locality given as the Sandwich Islands.

Distribution

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